# PlanetScale alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 231 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where PlanetScale holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/planetscale/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon RDS: 66
- Amazon Aurora: 29
- Google Cloud SQL: 23
- Azure SQL Database: 18
- Supabase: 17
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 16

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale (PlanetScale is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 20 of those 70
- Supabase: first choice in 14 of those 70
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 11 of those 70
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 11 of those 70
- Neon: first choice in 5 of those 70
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale (PlanetScale is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 33 of those 79
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 6 of those 79
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Neon: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Supabase: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Clever Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name PlanetScale (PlanetScale is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 13 of those 82
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Oracle Autonomous Database: first choice in 2 of those 82
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Amazon Aurora with I/O-Optimized pricing: first choice in 1 of those 82

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